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  • Impact of recession on children

    Kim Illar, MD of CASA of Mercer County     One of the saddest consequences of an economic recession is an increase in the incidence of child neglect and abuse, and a recent news report stated that the New Jersey state child abuse hotline received 6,185 complaints in March 2009, up from 5,104 in February and…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council seeking to trim budget

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The Township Council is looking for ways to cut the budget in order to avoid deferring $1.3 million in pension payments for township employees and police and fire workers.    If the township does defer the payment, it would have to pay the money off over a 15-year span beginning in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Patrick Ojwang, 24, of Ewing, was charged with hindering and driving on a suspended driver’s license after police found, in a random check, that he was driving while his license was suspended on Route 206 at 4:25 p.m. April 9.    Mr. Ojwang was taken into custody after he provided a false name and information, police…

  • MANVILLE: District may name new chief Monday

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The Board of Education is hoping to appoint a new superintendent — who will replace retiring Superintendent of Schools Donald Burkhardt on July 1 — at the reorganization meeting scheduled for Monday.    ”We have a need of a superintendent July 1,” said Board of Education President Andrew Zangara. “The contract…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Voters give school budget the OK

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Voters approved the school budget on Tuesday by a ratio of nearly 2-to-1, with 2,554 voters in favor of the $96 million tax levy and 1,214 people voting against it.    The district’s $139.4 million spending plan carries no increase in last year’s tax rate of $2.605 per $100 of assessed…

  • Tax assessor issue divides Lambertville and West Amwell

    Sharing assessor is focus of debate By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    Lambertville and West Amwell have been at the forefront when it comes to sharing services, but now there is one area where the communities disagree.    Each municipality has a different take on whether sharing a tax assessor would be beneficial.    The subject of saving…

  • Community calendar

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Boil-water advisory in effect in Brandon area

    A boil-water advisory means water being used for drinking, food preparation or cooking should first be boiled for 10 minutes. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A temporary failure of pumps in a Trenton Water Department tower in southern Hopewell Township Tuesday night has led the department to issue a boil-water advisory for the affected areas…

  • FLORENCE: Boys tennis a perfect 5-0

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     It took a lot of help and hard work to get the Florence High School boys’ tennis team off to a great start this season.     Florence practices four hours a day. That work even continued when Ovi Dragos, the team’s coach, had to take a leave of absence.…